Browsing by Author "Kirikci, Koray"

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Analysing the diversity of the caprine melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) in goats with distinct geographic origins

Kirikci, Koray; Noce, Antonia; Zidi, Ali; Manuel Serradilla, Juan; Carrizosa, Juan; Urrutia, Baltasar; Pilla, Fabio (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2016)

In humans, the variability of the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene has been associated with geography, being mainly determined by the amount of exposure to sunlight. Studies performed in pigs have also evidenced the ...
The analysis of mitochondrial data indicates the existence of population substructure in Karayaka sheep

Kirikci, Koray; Noce, Antonia; Cam, Mehmet Akif; Mercan, Levent; Amills, Marcel (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2018)

In the current study, we investigated the existence of population substructure in the Karayaka sheep breed from Turkey. A fragment of the mitochondrial D-loop region has been successfully sequenced in 69 Karayaka sheep ...
Body condition status at mating affects gestation length, offspring yield and return rate in ewes

Cam, Mehmet Akif; Garipoglu, Ali Vaiz; Kirikci, Koray (COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH, 2018)

The present study was planned to determine the effect of ewe body condition score (BCS) and parities on fertility, return rate, gestation length, fecundity, litter size and lamb birth weight. Data were collected from 284 ...